Reno third baseman Jeremy Peterson watches his throw to first against Wooster in the teams' season opener on Thursday at Reno High in the Mike Bearman Memorial Tournament. Reno won, 15-5.

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Duke Ritenhouse
dritenhouse@rgj.com

With two straight regional titles on its résumé - and three of the past four - the Reno High baseball team might be forgiven if it entered the 2014 season thinking it was the heavy favorite to add another Division I championship to its list of honors.

That's not the case, though. Longtime head coach Pete Savage and his returning corps of veteran players know that nothing can be taken for granted during the 22-game league grind and the always unpredictable tournament that follows.

There's also the matter of finding a way to fill the hole left by graduated players such as shortstop Garrett Hampson, ...